Example sentences of "[adv] been [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've all been listening to the trainer . |
| 2 | And , the greatest guilt of all , if she had not been in Maisie 's house … if Maisie had not been tending to the birthing … then the fire would not have happened and that darling woman would be alive today . |
| 3 | Has the right hon. and learned Gentleman not been listening to the chorus of demands from the CBI , from the trade unions and now also from a number of Conservative newspapers for an increase in capital allowances for manufacturing industry ? |
| 4 | She was right , as it happens , but Scarlet , not being clairvoyant , could n't be expected to know that and resigned herself to yet another evening which would not be wholly enjoyable even had she not been going to the theatre . |
| 5 | ‘ By the way , I 've just been listening to the news . |
| 6 | I just been talking to a coupla friends of yours . ’ |
| 7 | When you and Chantal arrived at that accommodation agency I had just been talking to the proprietor . |
| 8 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 9 | But I 've just been talking to the head there and he said you know that you know the tor tutorial programme , Mrs started it all erm |
| 10 | You may have to say , Well I 've just been talking to the estate agent about this and er you know on a number occasions he 's sent people along to you er may be you did n't realize that was happening . |
| 11 | ‘ The situation has been eased slightly for my parents since a community nurse has been visiting Jennifer , but I must admit I 'd rapidly been coming to the conclusion that something else would be needed very soon . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've also been listening to a lot of Glenn Branca recently . |
| 13 | She had n't really been listening to the talk last night , but there had been — what ? |
| 14 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 15 | McDunn nods slowly , slightly , a distant look in his eyes like he 's not really nodding at what I 've just told him ; has n't been listening to a word I 've said , in fact . |
| 16 | ’ Oh , Bill , you have n't been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 17 | Erm I have n't actually been listening to the programme I was asleep I 've got to be honest . |